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Inching towards a top-four finish, a high-flying Leicester will travel to an empty St. Mary s on Friday night when they face off against Southampton.

Starting with the hosts, while Southampton might have managed to mount that shock turnaround against Burnley earlier in the month, it appears that was just a minor bounce for the struggling Saints. Still yet to officially confirm their Premier League status for another season, the South Coast outfit were last seen throwing away the lead in the capital. Eventually hit with a last-gasp 2-1 defeat away at Tottenham, Ralph Hasenhüttl s side have lost each of their last three matchups across all formats. Along with watching Leicester end their FA Cup run at Wembl…

Stefano Sensi s goal was the difference as Inter retained their 100 per cent record in Serie A by comfortably beating 10-man Udinese 1-0 on Alexis Sanchez s debut at San Siro.

A nine-minute spell before half-time during which Rodrigo de Paul was shown a red card for striking Antonio Candreva on the head following the intervention of VAR and Sensi nodded Inter ahead proved decisive.

Romelu Lukaku endured a disappointing outing and made way for Lautaro Martinez in the 65th minute, before Sanchez replaced Matteo Politano, the Chile forward making his first appearance for the Nerazzurri against one of his former clubs.

While Inter were unable add to their tally, they had already done enough to pick up a third straight win under Antonio Conte and move two points clea…

Lionel Messi hailed Argentina s resilience after his majestic display against Croatia ensured a World Cup that began with defeat to Saudi Arabia could end in glory.

Messi recorded a goal and an assist as Argentina posted a 3-0 win over Croatia at Lusail Stadium on Tuesday to reach their sixth World Cup final – a tally only bettered by Germany (eight).

Having opened the scoring from the penalty spot in the first half, Messi rolled back the years with a remarkable assist as Julian Alvarez completed his brace after the break, beating Josko Gvardiol twice before teeing up a simple finish for the Manchester City forward.

Messi now has the chance to cap his incredible career by lifting football s biggest prize, a prospect that appeared unlikely when Argentina lost th…

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While we may be half way through the new campaign across Europe, that doesn t mean we can t sit back and appreciate the accomplishments of the 2020/21 season. We saw plenty of teams thrive and that was certainly true in Italy, with the Suppercoppa Italia helping to represent that. This week, the trophy will be contested by Serie A champions Inter Milan and Coppa Italia holders Juventus.

Inter Milan

Inter Milan have done a solid job of building on their title win across all sectors this season and this game will be a really interesting test of just how far they ve come. They re easily one of the most entertaining clubs to watch in world football and if they can put Juve to the sword, it ll give them …

Pep Guardiola said the gruelling demands placed on his Manchester City players by an intense schedule means he will be forced to make changes to his line-up in the coming weeks in order to protect their welfare.

City face four games in 11 days, beginning with Tuesday’s Champions League opener against Red Star Belgrade at the Etihad, before welcoming Nottingham Forest in the Premier League on Saturday.

They play Newcastle in the Carabao Cup third round on September 27 and travel to Molineux to face Wolves three days later, all off the back of an international window that saw several of Guardiola’s team endure long trips to and from South America.

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Odegaard, who joined in January, impressed in his 20 appearances in all competitions under Arteta.

The Norway international scored two goals and provided two assists, while his average of 2.24 chances created per 90 minutes was the best return of any Arsenal player to play more than six times last season.

Ceballos first signed for Arsenal on loan in July 2019 and the deal was extended last September after an impressive campaign that began with two assists on his first Premier League start, a feat only previously achieved for Arsenal by Ray Parlour and Henrikh Mkhitaryan.

The 24-year-old midfielder made 40 appearances for the Gunners last season, although only 25 of those came as a starter.

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Barcelona claimed a second Clasico victory in three days as the Blaugranes beat Real Madrid 3-1 in the Women s Champions League quarter-final first leg.

Just 48 hours after Xavi mastered a 4-0 rout at Santiago Bernabeu, the Femeni followed suit at Estadio Alfredo di Stefano; Alexia Putellas scoring twice as they came from behind to record a 40th consecutive win in all competitions.

Despite enjoying 57 per cent of the first-half possession, Barca trailed at the break after Olga Carmona struck in the eighth minute for the hosts, who also hit the post through Esther Gonzalez.

That was only the second goal the reigning champions had conceded in this season s Champions League – and first since their 5-1 rout of Arsenal in September.

But the visitors, who las…

It remains to be seen whether Pep Guardiola will re-sign with Manchester City.

Guardiola s contract expires at the end of the season in Manchester.

Should the Spaniard decide to move on, there are already two men on the list to replace him.

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Manchester City are eyeing RB Leipzig head coach Julian Nagelsmann as a possible replacement for Pep Guardiola, according to the Daily Mail.

Guardiola is out of contract at the end of the 2020-21 campaign and the City manager – who has been previously linked to Juventus – is no closer to re-signing.

Should Guardiola decide to leave after arriving in 2016, Nagelsmann and former Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino are early candidates.

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Ivan Perisic came off the bench to score the decisive goal for Inter in a 2-1 victory over Juventus that gave head coach Frank de Boer his first home win as Inter coach.

The Croatian midfielder powered a header into the net in the 78th minute to send the San Siro crowd into raptures and the result was fully deserved.

In fact, the scoreline flattered Juventus, who came up against an Inter side playing their best football since De Boer was installed as coach and they would have been very fortunate had Stephan Lichtsteiner s 66th minute goal proved to be the winner.

Mauro Icardi scored his fourth goal in as many Serie A games to equalise shortly after and it was Icardi who provided the assist for Perisic to score the winner.

Inter, who struggled to play De B…

Borussia Dortmund coach Jurgen Klopp is braced for a difficult start to the Bundesliga season in a landmark clash with Bayer Leverkusen.

Klopp will become Dortmund s longest-serving coach when he takes charge of Saturday s clash at Signal Iduna Park, having been appointed in 2008.

The charismatic tactician is set to break Ottmar Hitzfeld s record tenure at Dortmund and there will be a sell-out crowd to mark the occasion for a mouth-watering first league game of the campaign.

Dortmund finished 19 points adrift of champions Bayern Munich last season and have since lost prolific striker Robert Lewandowski to the Bavarian giants, so Klopp will be looking to new signings Adrian Ramos and Ciro Immobile to provide some firepower.

Klopp masterminded a 2-0 victory…